”The richness and the depth of my work comes from a lived experience”

Sarah Laver an Accredited BACP Psychotherapist in practice since 2001

I was trained as a psychotherapist when working in the Royal Navy, I qualified and started my practice in 2001. During the course of my career, and as well as running my own private practice, I have worked in a wide variety of working environments including Local Authorities, HM Services, The Armed Forces, MOD and many charitable organisations both in the UK and worldwide. I carry my own professional insurance, as well as being affiliated and an Accredited Member with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists BACP.

The future is bright, when we clear our past.

During the course of my work I have helped clients recognise the impediments that get in the way of them being able to live their lives to the full. Having insight into the difficulties you face and how to process and change these issues, means you then have the power of choice, which enables you to challenge some of the most fundamental negative self-beliefs that you might carry consciously or unconsciously about yourself. I have successfully worked with childhood trauma, abusive relationships, narcissistic abuse, PTSD, CPSD, anxiety , stress, low self-esteem, alcohol misuse, addiction, agoraphobia, communication difficulties and generational trauma.

Please read some clients testimonies below

‘‘I have always found Sarah to be a dedicated professional motivated by a deep concern for her clients welfare. She is a person of great integrity in my experience, both professionally and personally, and I have never had any ethical concerns or disciplinary issues relating to her work. in my view she is a very experienced and effective therapist”

-Ps Supervisor

”I was very reluctant to start any counselling, but with the feeling my behaviour was making life harder for myself, I made an appointment with Sarah. My concerns about undertaking counselling, were completely unfounded. my work with Sarah has proven to be life changing, opening up new ways of looking at problems, I just could not see before. I have always found Sarah to be understanding, insightful and non judgemental. for anyone unsure of starting this journey, I cannot recommend Sarah highly enough”

-Paul P

”Sarah is a life changer. As a senior executive women with all the pressures of career, motherhood and marriage attached to my ambitious life, I overwhelmed and frozen with the burden of it all. i was in an awful place mentally. Sarah helped me dig into the root of what it would take to own my own power and gave me tangible exercises that made an immediate difference. She tapped into areas I would have never realised were impacting my day-to-day emotions and therefore impacting the way I was living. in talking to Sarah, I felt like I was taking care of myself, nurturing myself and healing myself. Sarah is someone you want in your corner and the more you have her, the more powerful you can be. She is an incredibly talented counsellor”

-JA Client

”There are so many aspects of myself and my life that i now value above all else, most notably the love and respect for myself that honestly, I’d lost over the years. I had allowed life to beat me down and I was suicidal. I also was diagnosed with ADHD & OCD. Sarah has helped me bring myself out of darkness I felt consumed by and back in to the present. You don’t get given these things, no one can make you change, you have to do the leg work, but if you are willing and open to change, Sarah will help you unlock some pretty amazing new things you didn’t know were possible or had given up hope on”

-DS Client

Contact me:

If you’re looking for compassionate support and guidance, I invite you to reach out to me. I offer a free 20 minute telephone consultation, so that you the client have the opportunity to get a feel of what would it be like to work with me. if you decide to work with me I offer both face-to-face and telephone appointments to accommodate your needs, lifestyle and preferences.

I’m here to help. Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss how we can work together on your journey toward healing and well-being.

Phone number: 07419 118435

Email: contact@SLtherapist.co.uk